An old lady's life

Every once in a while, Ai Cao releases her consciousness to check the surrounding situation. After all, this outing is organized by her, and these boys and girls are all living beings, so she must ensure their safety.

There is no need to worry about the Seventh Prince, he has gotten along very well with the third girl Yao. As for Feng Yu, who typically says no, no, no, no, but has already included other girls in his protection circle. This person is so awkward and cute. Two pairs don't need to worry too much.

Seeing Hao Ding falling far behind five or six girls, Ai Cao's heart was full of curiosity, who did this kid take a fancy to?Going forward with his consciousness, he found that among the five or six girls, the girl from the Wan family was among them. Ai Cao was a little speechless. Could it be because Hao Ding had met Miss Wan that he took aim at her?But after thinking about it, there are so many good girls here, with all kinds of personalities and looks, so they can't be seen, so he really hangs himself on Miss Wan?

Then Ai Cao looked for other people, and first saw four other handsome guys whose names were not yet known. They seemed to have goals, and each of them was thinking about how to get close to those girls.

This is really interesting, it seems that they have done a lot of homework in private.

But where did the other three go?Ai Cao first used her spiritual sense to search around the nearby grassland, but couldn't find it, then gradually widened the range, and saw that Lou Gao, Yu Yang, and Ji Yang were separated in the forest across the road, and they were not in the same place. They are not in different regions, but in different mountains. Their relaxed and comfortable appearance does not seem to have a mission, so what are they doing in the mountains and forests?

Ai Cao couldn't figure it out, but Lou Gao and the other three were better than Hao Ding and the other five in every respect, so what did the three of them want to do?

At this time, several carriages drove over on the road, which attracted the attention of everyone on the grass. Seeing this, Ai Cao and Concubine Pingyang looked at each other, "It should be Mier and the others."

Several carriages stopped in the middle of the grassland. Concubine Nan'an, Mrs. Zhongyong Hou, and Mrs. Chen got off the three carriages one after another. The carriage continued to drive, and everyone sent maids and mothers to settle affairs in the village.

Concubine Nan'an and Mrs. Zhongyonghou are good at communicating, and they also have a kind and friendly appearance. When they came over and saw so many girls, they couldn't help laughing: "You are really a little girl like a water onion."

"Yeah, seeing them reminds me of my youth."

Mrs. Chen just looked around at the people on the grass, and there was a lot of booing and cheering by the river, many boys were having fun in the river, and some girls cheered, it was as if they had been beaten. No matter what aspect you want to show your best side.

The girls saluted with blessings one after another, and Princess Nan'an's smile made her face even more blossoming. Unfortunately, there are no suitable age men and women in the Nan'an County Palace. Her little grandson is only 12 years old, and it will take three years to get married, but She could do it again in three years, and she kept that in mind.

There are six seats on the side of Ai Cao and Concubine Pingyang, when these three people came, they sat next to them respectively, and then it was time for Concubine Nanan and Concubine Nanan to meet everyone.

Boys are more fun, and there are fewer people on the grass. After Cai Kuan was abandoned by Hao Ding, he had nowhere to go, so he had to sit in place and meditate. He was not allowed to read, and he was not allowed to recite the knowledge he had learned before. ?

Seeing him sitting there alone, Mrs. Chen couldn't help being curious, so she asked the maid to call Cai Kuan to come and talk.

Cai Kuan didn't get impatient when he was disturbed, he slowly came under the canopy, the girls had already stepped aside, they were on the left side of the long table, and Cai Kuan was on the right side of the long table.

"Student Cai Kuan is so polite!" Cai Kuan, with his scholarly appearance and bookish demeanor, not only won the favor of the old lady, but even the little girls thought this young man was very good.

Mrs. Chen's complexion changed instantly. The Chen family, like the Cai family, is a family of Qingliu poetry and books. There are many scholars in the family, and they also have a place in the literati circle.

However, if there is a but, then it is not very good. The most wonderful one is Cai Kuan, the eldest son of the eldest son of the Cai family. Even so many scholars in the two prefectures feel headaches for him.

And Cai Kuan was able to come here, naturally it was because of Mrs. Chen's post, and it was not because Cai Kuan's mother, Mrs. Cai, insisted on asking Mrs. Chen to give Cai Kuan a post after she knew about it, so that he could come out to let him out, don't spend all day Closed in the study, a typical nerd, if she can meet a girl at this outing party, and that girl is willing to marry her son, Mrs. Cai will feel that her life is complete.

Concubine Pingyang and others didn't know about Cai Kuan's situation, so they asked, "Cai Kuan? Is it from the residence of Mrs. Cai Jingliang in Beijing?"

Cai Kuan grinned, nodded and said cheerfully, "Yes, Empress Dowager." Cai Jingliang was Cai Kuan's grandfather, who was over seventy years old, and was respected by the world because he was all masters in the literary world.

Cai Kuan was indeed a chatterbox, Ai Cao and the others asked him a question, and he could answer ten sentences.

The corners of Mrs. Chen's mouth twitched, Mrs. Zhongyonghou saw that she was a little strange, she leaned closer to the two of them and bit their ears. After a while, Mrs. Zhongyonghou pursed her lips instead, with an uncontrollable smile on her face.

So Ai Cao was very curious seeing her like that, Mrs. Zhongyong Hou whispered a few words in her ear, Ai Cao also glanced at her, with an uncontrollable smile on her face.

Then Mrs. Chen couldn't bear to look directly at it, because Concubine Pingyang asked Cai Kuan about his current study progress, okay?

The three Lou Gao, who were curious about Ai Cao, climbed to the top of the three connected peaks and were planning to return.The reason why they entered the forest was to check the safety of the forest.

Although the mountains here are very shallow, the forests are lush. Don't pay attention to the beasts running out of the deep mountains. It is a matter of life and death.Of course, this is also due to Lou Gao's position and habits. They work for the emperor, and when the emperor goes on tour or hunting, they have to survey the terrain in advance.And the outing party, how come there is no mountain climbing activity?

Lou Gao walked down from the top of the innermost mountain, almost galloping down the mountain, but in the middle of the mountain, he suddenly heard a cry, he stopped suddenly, listened carefully, In addition to the sound of the wind or howling animals, there was indeed a slight female whimpering sound.

Lou Gao's face didn't change, but his expression was somewhat serious. A woman's voice appeared in the mountain?Is this a mountain goblin or a nearby villager?In an instant, he walked towards the direction from which the voice came.He turned around a forest, and as far as he could see was a steep hillside. The hillside was not high, accompanied by a small waterfall. The waterfall had only a little water flow, so the sound of the water could not be heard.

When he was looking around, he saw a limping red-clothed woman appearing at the foot of the hill, and the two looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise.

Lou Gao didn't expect there to be a goblin in this mountain, a beautiful goblin like a vixen. He felt that she looked like this, even if she was a bit embarrassed, but her temperament was extraordinary, and she didn't fit the image of a simple village girl in the nearby village.

After Lin Nuan was surprised, she lowered her eyes, feeling a little annoyed in her heart. When she appeared in front of the world, she was always unparalleled in beauty and glamorous, but now this embarrassing appearance was seen by a good-looking man. She really wanted to dig this man dog eyes!

Even if he is really pleasing to the eye!

Thinking of this, Lin Nuan couldn't help being a little annoyed, "Don't see anything wrong, don't listen to anything wrong, why are you so rude?"

Lou Gao blinked, turned around and said, "I'm sorry, I just heard someone's voice, and thought that the nearby villagers were in some trouble and needed help. Since the girl is fine, I will leave now."

Lou Gao turned around and left. Judging by his eyesight, this girl was definitely not simple, and he just saw a small cage in the grass on the hillside, which contained some medicinal materials. It seemed that this girl went up the mountain to collect herbs. Then she should also know how to deal with crisis events.

"Wait, who allowed you to go?" But he was stopped after just two steps.

Lin Nuan has always followed the idea that I am number one in the world, and she walks this way, there are many lecherous men who covet her beauty, this man is not moved?

Lou Gao stopped, frowned, and took another step without saying a word.

Lin Nuan couldn't believe that this man wanted to abandon her?Rolling her eyeballs, she made a quick decision, the good girl could bend and stretch, she immediately started crying.

"I'm injured. Few people come here in this mountain. If you don't help me, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to collect my body tomorrow."

Lou Gao frowned. Although the hillside is not high, it is really not easy for her to climb up when her foot is injured.Thinking about it this way, Lou Gao turned around and said, "I'll find a way to pull you up."

Lou Gao looked around for a while, took materials from a thick grass and quickly braided a straw rope, the length of which just extended to the bottom of the hillside.

Seeing this, Lin Nuan thought that this person was interesting.

"Will this rope break? If it breaks halfway and I fall again, I won't be able to keep my leg." Lin Nuan said pitifully.

Lou Gao said with a serious face: "I fell halfway, I can only blame you for being too unlucky."

Lin Nuan was stunned for a moment, and realized that her lips were clenched tightly. This person is really a lump of elm. She, a lively and beautiful woman, is unmoved in front of her eyes. He deserves to be alone all his life!

Wait, is he married yet?This is a big problem!

Lou Gao rescued Lin Nuan from the hillside, put on his back the small cage thrown in the grass, and then limped along behind Lou Gao down the hill.

They were about to walk out of the woods, and she was still following behind. Lou Gao frowned, turned around and asked, "What are you doing behind me?"

Lin Nuan pointed to the small mountain village two miles to the left ahead, and said fearlessly, "I'll live there for the time being!" She did live in the nearby mountain village temporarily, but she wanted to know where this stinky man was going. Naturally follow behind him.

Lou Gao glanced at her suspiciously, turned around and continued to walk on his own, speeding up, and soon left her behind out of sight.

Lin Nuan raised her eyebrows, snorted, and muttered in her heart, wanted to get rid of her, how could it be possible?When she was rescued by him up the hill just now, she had already sprinkled a little powder on him, and the smell disappeared after a month, and it couldn't escape the nose of the little bees she raised.

Lin Nuan walked behind slowly, and stopped to apply some ointment on her sprained ankle. After a cool feeling, her ankle was mostly healed. Although it was not completely healed, she would no longer be limping when walking. One turn.

When she came to the edge of the woods with a small backpack on her back, she saw the many men and women on the grass across the road. She blinked, thinking of the various banquets she had encountered during her stay in her hometown in the south of the Yangtze River. very clear.

This is a party where the children of rich families come out to play when they are full and have nothing to do, right?She remembered that there seemed to be a nice word in the wild called outing party?There are flower viewing parties and tea tasting parties indoors. In short, it is a gathering of nobles of various names.

So is that stinky man also a playboy from a wealthy family in central Beijing who doesn't care about production?Lin Nuan's face was wrinkled, and his heart was divided into two groups of villains fighting.

Lou Gao met Yu Yang and Ji Yang, and they returned to the grassland together.

After a while, Yu Yang reminded Lou Gao: "Brother, a woman came out from the direction you came out just now."

The distance was a bit far, Yu Yang and Ji Yang couldn't see Lin Nuan's appearance, but could tell from her clothes that she was a woman.

Lou Gao looked very calm, glanced in that direction, and said, "I just helped her on the mountainside, she should be a girl who lives in the next village."

Yu Yang and Ji Yang didn't take it seriously either. After all, they had rescued some people in the wild during training and missions before, both men and women. Maybe they just wanted to know the identity of the savior and wanted to bring their family members to thank them personally. with.

The return of the three of them did not cause any sideways glances, but after a while Wei Liang and Luo Feng came back dejectedly.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, Fifth Brother, where were you before?" Wei Liang put his head on the table, very listlessly.

Luo Feng was not much better either. As a single stupid man who had never had close contact with a woman, they couldn't find a topic to talk to the woman. After searching around, they could only watch helplessly as the girl chatted with others.

The three of Lou Gao looked at each other calmly, and instead of answering what the two younger brothers said, they asked what they were doing, and why Wei Liang and Luo Feng had the nerve to tell about their failures.

At this moment, Tan Sheng and Zhu Qing also came back one after another, their expressions were exactly the same as Luo Feng and Wei Liang's, and everyone knew that a daughter-in-law was not easy to marry, and it was more difficult than the task of the emperor.

But the next moment, everyone's eyes were a little dumbfounded.

I saw Hao Ding coming out of the bamboo forest on the left side of Yanxi Village, followed by a beautiful girl, followed by two servant girls.

Could it be that Hao Ding has already talked to the girl?

Hao Ding felt complacent, and looked back after taking three steps. It was a short distance, but he walked for a long time before he came to his brothers.

Wan Miaoniang took advantage of the opportunity to sit opposite Hao Ding, and a maid stood up to fetch food and drinks for her girl from the tray in the middle of the table, and also poured Hao Ding a cup of tea by the way.

Wei Liang and the others were suddenly jealous. It made sense that a playful and smiling man like Brother Eleven would get to know other girls before them!

Seeing the expressions of the elder brothers and younger brothers, Hao Ding was very proud of himself. He asked you guys to carry it all day long, and even disliked him. He must have married before them.

"Mr. Hao, thank you just now." Wan Miaoniang is very generous. Although she has always boasted that she is brave, she is also somewhat afraid when encountering animals such as snakes. deal with.

Hao Ding smiled very reservedly, showing only four teeth, unlike the old grin, "Miss Wan, you're welcome, I just happened to meet." Whatever happens to happen, he is the hero who fell from the sky in the old lady's mouth , specially came to save the beauties from danger.

Of course, the screams of the other girls just now attracted the servants guarding the entrance of the Zhulin.

Lou Gao and the others looked at each other, what did Hao Ding do to make the girl so grateful?In fact, it is not a big deal, but when Miss Wan and her group were walking, they happened to encounter a poisonous snake, and the snake was the closest to Miss Wan, and the other girls who found it first had already run away screaming, and the following That's how Hao Ding came in handy.

Hao Ding's appearance is quite pleasing. Wan Miaoniang herself has no talent for reading, so she admires scholars the most. Of course, this is also the sequelae of her mother's nagging.

"Actually, I didn't show up just now, Miss Wan can also deal with that snake."

Wan Miaoniang smiled shyly, revealing two shallow dimples on both sides of her cheeks, "Is Mr. Hao also a scholar?"

Hao Ding's heart was pounding, and he shook his head quickly: "I'm not a scholar, but I just need to know a lot of words." After a pause, he asked again: "Does Miss Wan like reading?"

Wan Miaoniang was a little disappointed after hearing the previous words, but she shook her head after hearing the latter words: "I only know how to read, and because I don't have the talent for reading, I especially admire scholars."

What kind of logic is this?Hao Ding couldn't help being a little frustrated, with a deep sense of frustration on his face, and the seven people in the background, Lou Gao and Wei Liang, secretly said, asking you to show off in front of them.

Wan Miaoniang couldn't help lowering her eyes and smiling. There are so many men and women in this kind of outing party.

After a while, Hao Ding said dryly: "I work in the yamen, and my monthly salary is 20 taels, so I don't need to be born in the imperial examination." Hao Ding and Wei Liang are all small leaders of the Imperial Guard, and their salary is not comparable to that of Lou Gao Jiyang. Five deputy commanders, but the salary is far higher than that of the guards on duty at the palace gate, and it is more than enough to support a family. It is still feasible for him to buy a two-entry courtyard in Beijing with his seven-year salary.

The background boards thought, Hao Ding is really very scheming, this is equivalent to introducing his situation to other girls.

Wan Miaoniang covered her mouth and smiled, her family is also a family of generals, although her father's position in the army is not very high, but she knows how much her father's salary is, it is even lower than Mr. Hao.

"You are amazing, my father's salary is not as high as yours."

Hao Ding scratched his head, is this a compliment to him?But compared with Miss Wan's father, isn't this not so good?

The background board collectively coughed, Hao Ding and Wan Miao Niang looked at them together, Hao Ding's eyes were full of resentment, Wan Miao Niang was a little strange.

As the eldest brother, Lou Gao acted as a shield, he said with a serious face: "I am Hao Ding's eldest brother."

Yu Yang, Ji Yang, Zhu Qing Tan Sheng, Luo Feng, and Wei Liang introduced the six in turn, "I am Hao Ding's second brother/fifth brother/twelfth brother/thirteenth brother/fourteenth brother/fifteenth brother."

Wan Miaoniang blushed immediately, she thought they didn't know Mr. Hao well.

"Hello, gentlemen." She stood up, blushed and blessed her lower body, and then said: "The little girl still has something to do, so I will leave first, and thank you, Mr. Hao, for your help." After finishing speaking, Hao did not give him time to react. Standing up, turning around and leaving, the two servant girls naturally followed her.

Hao Ding watched helplessly as Wan Miaoniang went to the river to chat and joke with a group of girls. He turned around and stared fiercely at his elder brother and younger brothers, "Brother, you are going too far!"

After saying that, Hao Ding went straight to him, trying to crush his elder brothers and younger brothers with his own strength.

"Hmph, who told you to show off in front of us!"

"Don't you know that jealousy is the most twisted thing in people's hearts?"

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"You bullied me, I will tell the old lady, and I will tell the master when I go back!" Hao Ding wanted to cry but had no tears.

As for the Seventh Prince and Feng Yu who came out of the bushes on the right side of Yanxi Village, the men walked behind and the women walked in front. Yao Luoling and Fang Leling planned to return to their group of women, but Feng Yu said in a vicious voice, "Fang Leling, where are you going?" where to go?"

Fang Leling felt powerless in his heart, but he smiled sweetly on his face, "Does your son have any orders?"

Feng Yu glanced around, her eyes fell on Hao Ding and the others, she pouted somewhere, "Sit over here, I don't want you to accompany that ugly woman!"

The corner of Fang Leling's mouth twitched, and he reluctantly agreed.

Seeing this, Yao Luoling couldn't leave, otherwise she would lose face to the Seventh Prince.

The seventh prince gave up the seat where Wan Miaoniang was sitting to the two girls, and they sat on the side with Lou Gao and Hao Ding.

The Seventh Prince sat a little closer to Lou Gao, and asked in a low voice: "Guard Lou, what are you doing? Why do you bully Huwei Hao together?"

Lou Gao's eyes flashed, and Hao Ding's boy really had a good popularity everywhere. He pressed his throat and blurred: "In fact, he wants to bully us, but it is not as good as anyone." up.

The Seventh Prince was dubious, but he couldn't get involved too much in matters between brothers, he just asked.

The maids of Yao Luoling and Fang Leling served their own girls, and by the way, the future son-in-law. The Seventh Prince is very personable, but Feng Yu's behavior is like a big man, making people want to beat him up.

The Seventh Prince took a sip of tea, and introduced Lou Gao and the others to Yao Luoling. He only said that they were his friends, but didn't say who they were. There were more young masters here this time.

Originally, everyone was happy and harmonious, but Fang Leling's fourth sister was not upset that her cousin had such a good marriage. She wholeheartedly wanted to find a man with a higher status than Prince Qi's son-in-law, even if he was not as good as Prince Qi's son, he could not be different. too much.

She has been keeping an eye on her cousin's tracks, and when she saw her reappear, she couldn't sit still, and immediately dragged the girls she had been friends with from one left to the other to come here under the name of her cousin.

The status of the Seventh Prince and the status of Prince Qi's son are very popular, and after a while, they were a small number of people, and they became a group of people.Lou Gao and the others noticed that more girls and young masters were coming, so they quietly moved their chairs and landed on the periphery of the crowd centered on the Seventh Prince.

Seeing this, the Seventh Prince thought to himself, Lou Huwei and the others are really well versed in the principle of keeping a low profile.

Ai Cao and the five of them naturally discovered this phenomenon, so Ai Cao asked the maid to come over and call Feng Yu and the Seventh Prince to talk, but she didn't specifically call Lou Gao and the others, anyway, there was still time later, and she had time. Don't take care of them specially, let them be the focus of the crowd.

Lou Gao and the others were walking casually on the grass, each wanting to contact the girl they had chosen long ago, but unfortunately, they couldn't contact her because the girl was with her.

And Hao Ding already knew Wan Miao Niang, so it was easy to handle, anyway, he was thick-skinned, he stood directly beside Wan Miao Niang, and if he had something to say, Wan Miao Niang couldn't drive him away.